And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
My Notes
Commentary
Trusted original commentary from respected historical Bible scholars and theologians.
Gill's Exposition
And the king's of the earth, and the great men,.... The Roman emperors, and other principal magistrates, governors of provinces and cities:
and the rich men; among the commonalty; these three may…
And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal - See the notes at Rev 5:1; Rev 6:1. And, lo, there was a great earthquake - Before endeavoring to ascertain to what the sixth seal was designed to…
Adam Clarke
The kings of the earth, etc. - All the secular powers who had endeavored to support the pagan worship by authority, influence, riches, political wisdom, and military skill; with every bondman - all…
In the remaining part of this chapter we have the opening of the fifth and the sixth seals.
I. The fifth seal. Here is no mention made of any one who called the apostle to make his observation,…
Cambridge Bible
chief captains Should be transposed with "rich men." The word means lit. "captains of thousands," and was in St John's time the recognised equivalent (as e.g. Act 21:31, &c.) for the tribunusof the…
Cross References
Related passages throughout Scripture